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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
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 Posted - 03/22/2007 : 09:53:57
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Having laughed at Halfmooner's Moonscape News, I felt like starting a thread about sidekicks.
What I'd like to know is what sidekicks you like, in different categories.
My nomination for coolest sidekick: Jayne in Firefly.
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 03/22/2007 : 10:18:13 [Permalink]
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 03/22/2007 : 12:40:48 [Permalink]
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It's been hard times for sidekicks recently. Lancaster, to be honest, has picked a pathetically easy target this time, and is merely hounding the scattered survivors of a doomed tribe.
The problem, of course, is leadership, or rather the complete lack thereof. This is a class of people perpetually looking to take orders from more heroic, smarter, more assertive people. When they tried to band together a few years back in the Sidekick Friends Network, the organization almost immediately collapsed.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 03/22/2007 : 13:38:21 [Permalink]
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Ramona as played by Lalla Ward in Doctor Who.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 03/22/2007 : 13:42:43 [Permalink]
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 03/22/2007 : 14:04:12 [Permalink]
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 03/22/2007 : 14:24:18 [Permalink]
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Cheap shot, I know... |
METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
It's a small, off-duty czechoslovakian traffic warden! |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 03/22/2007 : 14:27:08 [Permalink]
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 03/22/2007 : 14:49:02 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Hawks
Cheap shot, I know...
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Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 03/23/2007 : 15:45:17 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
quote:
Originally posted by Hawks
Cheap shot, I know...
You really like that?
This is SOOOO embarrasing. After reading Moonscape news I was under the impression that this thread was about sidekicks that should be erased from the annals of history. Serves me right for not even reading the name of the thread.
New suggestion:
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METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 03/23/2007 : 16:49:03 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Hawks
quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
quote:
Originally posted by Hawks
Cheap shot, I know...
You really like that?
This is SOOOO embarrasing. After reading Moonscape news I was under the impression that this thread was about sidekicks that should be erased from the annals of history. Serves me right for not even reading the name of the thread.
New suggestion:
Excellent suggestion -- one of my favorites.
Here's another sidekick:
But which one is it?
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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ejdalise
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 03/23/2007 : 18:35:49 [Permalink]
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Jayne and Igor are excellent suggestions. Kind of hard to top, although Jayne would almost qualify as a main character.
One I've always liked is Jake (Jack Elam) in Support Your Local Sheriff (although if we go into character roles, I would also nominate Joe Damby (Bruce Dern) in the same movie).
Hmmmm . . . more recent, besides the top two, I would have to say Sam should rank up there (Frodo got the credit, but I just wanted to slap the shit out of him for all his whining - both in the book and the movie). I also like Damon Wayans in The Last Boyscout, oh . . . Andre the Giant in Princess Bride.
Too many . . . Norton in the Honeymooners, Friday in Robinson Crusoe, Tonto, Kato (Green Hornet) . . . I could go on.
Good question! Brought back a lot of memories and gave my wife and I a great half hour of joint effort in remembering characters that at one time or another were dear to us. Many still are.
ejd
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tomk80
SFN Regular
Netherlands
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Posted - 03/23/2007 : 20:28:19 [Permalink]
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| Baldrick in Blackadder. Definitely the sidekick king. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 03/23/2007 : 21:04:40 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by tomk80
Baldrick in Blackadder. Definitely the sidekick king.
You betcha! And closely followed by Renfield in Love at First Bite.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 03/23/2007 : 21:17:41 [Permalink]
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Here's a few that come to mind…
Gene Wilder as Jim (The Waco Kid) in Blazing Saddles.
Leo Carrillo (among others) as Pancho in The Cisco Kid series.
Leonard Nimoy as Spock in Star Trek
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 03/23/2007 : 22:43:29 [Permalink]
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The Real Kato:
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by Filthy
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